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7 Government Small Business Grants to Apply For in May 2024

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Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) 🔎 Want to browse the web privately? 8(a) Business Development Program For: Socially and economically disadvantaged business owners Funding limit: $7 million for acquisitions assigned manufacturing NAICS codes and $4.5 million for products and services, and $5.5

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How long can Zuckerberg afford to bankroll the AR/VR market?

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The company’s stock tanked by more than 26 percent, representing a $230 billion reduction in market cap and a $31 billion drop in Zuckerberg’s personal net worth. The point is, this stuff is hard, and the people who have been building in public are hurting even as they spend billions to develop the tech.

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THQ Raises Q4 Outlook

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Agoura Hills-based THQ , the embattled videogame maker, is finally seeing some good news, reporting today that it is expecting to report non-GAAP net sales of $160 million to $170 million, above its previous outlook of $130 million to $150 million.

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Reflections on 2016: Greg Cohn, Burner

socalTECH

Today's contribution is from Greg Cohn of Burner (www.burnerapp.com), which develops both a software app to allow you to create temporary "burner" phone numbers, and a new app to auto-respond to aggressive or annoying texters. What's was biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year?

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THQ To Lay Off 600

socalTECH

Agoura Hills-based THQ , a developer and publisher of video games, said Wednesday that it is making "additional cost reduction actions" which includes the layoff of approximately 600 people, or 24 percent of the company's workforce. THQ said the move was a response to the continuing uncertainty in the market. READ MORE>>.

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CommNexus Military SIG presents: Capt. Kohlheim

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

socalTECH

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic.